by Mike Bessler
Mike Bessler and Kevin McElvaney are pro wrestling writers who moonlight as music aficionados. As the title of this podcast suggests, we primarily focus on material by rock powerhouses Rush, Kiss, and Led Zeppelin, but every so often, we’ll draw the proverbial “wild card” and discuss an artist beyond the bounds of this titanic troika. For each episode of RSZM, we select an album by one of these artists and discuss our personal recollections of the record, talk about the history behind the album, and go track-by-track and discuss each song. Also, the title of the show was Kevin’s idea.
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February 13, 2024
<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/249557/replacements-200.jpg" alt="Replacements" width="200" height="200" align="right" hspace= "20" vspace="20" />...AND WE'RE BACK! Just in time, too, as the podcast world has likely been on the edge of its collective seat wondering just what exactly our tremendous trio thinks of The Replacements for, lo, the past 16 months, give or take. Here's your no-spoils spoiler alert: Mike is thoroughly confused, Kevin is patiently informative, and Arianne is kindly and good-natured about the whole thing.</p> <p>Before we get right down to a discussion about The Replacements' 1984 album <em>Let It Be</em>, we recount the peaks and valleys we've experienced during the course of our extended hiatus and talk about our current curiosities and resentments. Cue this episode up for the long drive to your least favorite relative's house or listen to it while you're stuck in the drive-thru line at Taco John's. </p>
June 20, 2022
<p><img style="float: right;" src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/249557/Intheflatfield.jpeg" alt="" width= "225" height="225" />For many centuries, the best examples of “gothic rock” were the thousands upon thousands of bricks that filled out the medieval castles and cathedrals of Europe. Then in 1980, the English band Bauhaus released their first album, <em>In the Flat Field</em>, effectively laying a cornerstone of a new movement in music and art. In this episode of the <em>Rush Strutter Zep Magik</em> podcast, we peer through this dark prism of post-punk pomp, discussing the influences that gave rise to Bauhaus and intricacies of their efforts on this particular work. Arianne shares memories of life as a grade-school goth kid, Kevin offers tips on the art of building a proper Spotify station, and Mike melts down yet again while discussing cable news and the decline of meaningful discussion.</p>
April 18, 2022
<p><img style="float: right;" src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/249557/im.jpg" alt="" width="225" height= "225" />From the Crimean War to the Prehistoric era and across the universe to the planet of Dune, we plunge our needles into each and every groove of Iron Maiden’s 1983 metal manifesto, <em>Piece of Mind</em>. Side quests in this congenial confab include tangents and musings about X-Ray Spex, Dag Nasty, The Getup Kids, Warren Zevon, and The Who (not to be confused with Mongolian metal band The Hu). It’s a landmark episode for Arianne, who marks a year since their first appearance on the show and subsequently invokes the State Comptroller Atkins rule for a crucial cut from <em>Piece of Mind</em>. </p>
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